Part V, Chapter 19 Summary and Analysis

Chapter Nineteen, Part Five introduces the concept of the Mental Laboratory.

Chapter Nineteen is a continued explanation of the General Rule, presented in the previous chapter, where the individual approaches the problem in a logical and scientific way. Once everything has been consigned to paper, then the individual's Constructive Imagination is able to go to work having the mapped out project available to use as raw material. One must completely immerse oneself in the project, the end totally visualized, expected, and willed. However, the question persists in how exactly one is to be able to immerse oneself in the project.

Considering the problem from a new perspective will help. What a smart individual will do is to act as if the problem has been presented by a very wealthy client. His requirements are to prepare as complete...